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The Ongoing Vitality of Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy was one of the most widely read and influential texts in medieval Europe. Its influence can be clearly seen in philosophical works as diverse as Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica and Christine de Pizan’…
‘The spoiled child of our literature’: Goldsmith’s The Vicar of Wakefield
‘Read as one of the masterpieces by a person not acquainted with our literature, it might easily give an impression that this literature is not immense’. Henry James’s words in his introduction to a 1900 edition of Oliver Goldsmith&rsquo…
Albert algebras: the last frontier of Jordan systems
We are the kind of people who are always interested in the strongest example of something, the paragon. When we eat Swiss cheese (Emmental), we want our senses to tell us that; we shouldn’t have any doubts that maybe we are eating cheddar. &nb…
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is Awarded for the Discovery of MicroRNAs: Why It Matters
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded on October 7th to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNAs (miRNAs). This ground-breaking finding transformed our understanding of how gene activity is controlled. I am the a…
Ulster’s Lost Counties: A Warning from the Past?
In the midst of the Anglo-Irish War, on 21 August 1920, fourteen IRA volunteers attacked a farm owned by the Corscadden family at Carricknahorna in the hills of South Donegal. This was later the family home of Hazel Corscadden, the mother of future Britis…
Finding Hope for the Future in Queer History
LGBTQ+ rights are under attack around the country. In just the first six months of 2024, state legislators introduced 527 bills targeting the LGBTQ+ community. The situation is so dire that the Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ…
Hemingway and Writing for the “Long Future”
Volume 6 of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway, spanning June 1934 through June 1936, includes 366 items of correspondence, directed to 116 recipients. In our introductions to the volume, we note that Hemingway’s enthusiasm for the growing sport of dee…
“They’re eating the pets” Racial stereotyping in politics
When viewers watched the first presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, they were astonished when the latter candidate made the claim that immigrants in Ohio are eating cats and dogs. Trump said, “In Springfield, they’re eat…
‘Where are you from? No, where are you really from?’ Questions from the other side of the table.
In all stages of psychopathology — the expression, experience, development, outcome, help-seeking and treatment interventions — culture is central. [1] Definitions of culture vary enormously and are often contested but, for the purposes here, …
John Cleland Plays Dead?
John Cleland, best remembered as the author of the erotic novel Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (1748-49), was a tricksy and entertaining correspondent. His letters, just published by Cambridge University Press, reveal his attempts to insinuate h…
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Authoritarian and Democratic States: the Covid pandemic and the efficacy of public health outcomes
Although the Covid19 pandemic and its aftermath have largely disappeared from current affairs, there are wider lessons to be learned from how different political regimes responded to the crisis.…
Vortex Shedding and Induced Forces in Unsteady Flow
On the conditions for absolute minimum fuel burn for turbofan powered, civil transport aircraft and a simple model for wave drag
Transforming Agrifood Systems: Celebrating World Food Day and Our Right to Foods for a Better Future
October 16th is World Food Day, commemorating the 1945 founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The Day also aims to raise awareness around the foundational issues impacting poverty and hunger around the world.…
Amma’s Dance
When Fontane suggested an artistic collaboration portraying the struggles of identity in modern motherhood to Priya, Priya entered the words 'Bharatanatyam' and 'harp music' into an online search engine. The search result was unsatisfactory, hence the rea…
The End of Theatre Groups?
TDR’s (delayed) Fall 2024 issue (67, 3) features a retrospective on SITI Company, which began in 1992 and disbanded in 2022.…
Cover Artwork: “An aspect of Ikebana” by Ikuyo Munakata-Morrison
Ikebana, a floral art tradition dating back to the 7th century in Japan, literally translates as "making flowers alive" in Japanese. With 25 years of teaching experience, Ikuyo has played a vital role in promoting Ikebana in the U.K. In 200…
No Mental Health Without Physical Health
Deaths from physical illnesses account for most of the scandalous toll of premature deaths in people with severe mental disorders that include psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder or severe depression. But it is not clear whether they die too soon becaus…
Celebrating student editors of the GLJ, and a new issue
It is our particular pleasure to present the latest issue of the German Law Journal, which not only contains five outstanding articles but also showcases the academic research of our student editors from Washington and Lee University Faculty of Law.&helli…
A Global Call to Action for Mediterranean Climate Research
In our 2024 paper, “Integrative Research of Mediterranean Climate Regions: A Global Call to Action“ we highlight the need for a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to studying Mediterranean-climate regions.…
Improving pilots’ tactical decisions in air combat training
The good, the bad, and the ugly: this article explores improving pilots' tactical decisions in air combat training using the critical decision method and introduces a paper published by Cambridge University Press in The Aeronautical Journal.
